1789 - 1855
William John Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist, and artist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William John Swainson has received more than 124,114 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). William John Swainson is the 816th most popular biologist (down from 658th in 2019), the 4,148th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,232nd in 2019) and the 128th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, William John Swainson ranks 816 out of 841. Before him are Osbert Salvin, Clinton Hart Merriam, John Abbot, Pierre Chambon, Ivan Lepyokhin, and Colin Munro MacLeod. After him are Robert H. MacArthur, Nathaniel Wallich, Angela Piskernik, Paul Henri Lecomte, Wilfred Hudson Osgood, and William Roxburgh.
1835 - 1898
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 810
1855 - 1942
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 811
1751 - 1840
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 812
1931 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 813
1740 - 1802
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 814
1909 - 1972
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 815
1789 - 1855
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 816
1930 - 1972
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 817
1786 - 1854
HPI: 44.09
Rank: 818
1886 - 1967
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 819
1856 - 1934
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 820
1875 - 1947
HPI: 44.03
Rank: 821
1751 - 1815
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 822
Among people born in 1789, William John Swainson ranks 46. Before him are Cesare Balbo, Carlos Soublette, Miguel Barragán, Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Friedrich Boie, and Michel Félix Dunal. After him are Thomas Ewing, Levi Woodbury, and Clement Comer Clay. Among people deceased in 1855, William John Swainson ranks 40. Before him are Josef Munzinger, Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Henry Bishop, Mihály Pollack, Fruto Chamorro, and Timofey Granovsky. After him are Henry De la Beche, Wilhem de Haan, John Canfield Spencer, and Thomas Mitchell.
1789 - 1853
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 40
1789 - 1870
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 41
1789 - 1836
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 42
1789 - 1850
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 43
1789 - 1870
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 44
1789 - 1856
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 45
1789 - 1855
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 46
1789 - 1871
HPI: 40.57
Rank: 47
1789 - 1851
HPI: 37.90
Rank: 48
1789 - 1866
HPI: 33.95
Rank: 49
1791 - 1855
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 34
1780 - 1855
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 35
1786 - 1855
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 36
1773 - 1855
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 37
1804 - 1855
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 38
1813 - 1855
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 39
1789 - 1855
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 40
1796 - 1855
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 41
1801 - 1855
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 42
1788 - 1855
HPI: 38.94
Rank: 43
1792 - 1855
HPI: 36.00
Rank: 44
Among people born in United Kingdom, William John Swainson ranks 4,148 out of 7,765. Before him are John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), Ben Nicholson (1894), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Frank Bruno (1961), Talulah Riley (1985), and Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773). After him are Sharleen Spiteri (1967), Jadon Sancho (2000), Maisie Williams (1997), Allan Williams (1930), Jimmy Johnstone (1944), and Samantha Morton (1977).
1792 - 1840
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,142
1894 - 1982
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,143
1741 - 1759
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,144
1961 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 4,145
1985 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 4,146
1773 - 1844
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 4,147
1789 - 1855
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 4,148
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 4,149
2000 - Present
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 4,150
1997 - Present
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 4,151
1930 - 2016
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 4,152
1944 - 2006
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 4,153
1977 - Present
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 4,154
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William John Swainson ranks 128. Before him are Thomas Nuttall (1786), Reginald Innes Pocock (1863), Robert Wight (1796), Robert Morison (1620), Osbert Salvin (1835), and John Abbot (1751). After him are William Roxburgh (1751), Henry Baker (1698), William T. Stearn (1911), Keith Campbell (1954), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), and Louis Fraser (1810).
1786 - 1859
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 122
1863 - 1947
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 123
1796 - 1872
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 124
1620 - 1683
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 125
1835 - 1898
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 126
1751 - 1840
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 127
1789 - 1855
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 128
1751 - 1815
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 129
1698 - 1774
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 130
1911 - 2001
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 131
1954 - 2012
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 132
1844 - 1925
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 133
1810 - 1866
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 134